This expert white paper establishes the ultimate IT security goal: the most reliable preventative and detective security system possible with the least amount of capital expenditure. From common sense solutions to revolutionary concepts, instructor James Michael Stewart challenges IT pros to explore his methods of saving money on company security. 

This expert resource presents key findings from a recent cloud poll completed by your peers. Find out which businesses plan on implementing the cloud, whether they are considering private or public clouds, and more. 

In this podcast, industry experts discuss how investment in three critical areas - the applications themselves, tools and technologies to deliver the integration, and pre-built integration accelerators - is integral when tackling the most complex of application integration challenges. 

This expert guide explains some of the prominent differences between Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and hosted ERP systems including cost, benefits, and risks of both. 

This webcast provides an overview of the different types of storage for VMware environments. Our expert offers storage suggestions based on your organization's size, budget and business needs. An accompanying podcast takes a look at the pros and cons of virtualizing your storage and when this option might be a good fit. 

What is cloud computing? It depends on who you ask. In this e-guide from SearchCloudComputing.com, our experts lay out the various types of cloud models, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). They reveal how virtualization and cloud computing are linked, as well as how to best use these technologies in your infrastructure. 

This expert e-guide offers an overview of SearchDataCenter.com's annual Data Center Purchasing Intentions Survey. Get insight into this year's trends around server hardware, operating systems and virtualization. Find out what your IT peers have made top priorities in their data centers this year and much more! 

Business intelligence is a hot topic in 2010, especially with the upcoming release of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 R2 being dubbed as the "BI release." In this e-zine, one SQL Server expert breaks down exactly what goes into self-service BI, where it works and where it falls short. 

Organisations have been under pressure to make savings wherever possible and have consolidated their IT during the recession. However, along with the opportunities consolidation presents there are also challenges, and experts warn that any form of consolidation needs to be undertaken carefully. 

In 30 minutes, we'll introduce you to QuickBase, the leading, hosted workgroup application platform. 

This expert lesson from SearchDataCenter.com presents results from a recent virtualization and cloud survey completed by your peers. Get detailed information on virtualization's varied uses, the scope of virtualization deployment, cloud adoption, and more. 

Read this white paper and learn a systematic approach to select software for your planning, budgeting and forecasting needs. Read how to combine today's best practices with leading-edge technology. 

The Corporate Executive Board IT Budget Benchmarking Survey assess IT spending,  staffing, and outsourcing levels at more than 175 organizations globally, representing roughly US$38 billion in IT spend. Download for the latest IT budget trends.